They were looking for expansion, adventure, riches, and resources.
Most Spanish explorers practiced Catholicism and were motivated by a desire to spread Christianity to the New World. They also engaged in trade, seeking new trade routes and resources for Spain. Many explorers were driven by a thirst for glory, fame, and wealth.
California was part of a large Spanish Colonial settlement in North America that included St. Augustine, Florida and Sante Fe, New Mexico. The San and Santa prefixes for many California cities is remnant of the Spanish Missions and other settlements that spanned the area that is now the state of California. There are thousands of Spanish names of lakes, towns, states, and other geographic features throughout the U.S., especially in Southwestern states such as California. Jenni (Librarian-To-Be) De Vos, V. S. (2016). Colonial life in Spanish America. In Academic World Book.
Other European explorers who sailed to the New World include Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Jacques Cartier, and John Cabot. These explorers played significant roles in the exploration and colonization of the Americas.
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who focused on expanding the Spanish Empire through exploration and conquest. His political views were aligned with the goals of the Spanish monarchy, seeking to increase Spain's power and wealth through colonization and exploitation of new territories in the Americas.
The Adams-Onis Treaty, also called the Transcontinental Treaty of 1819, attempted to settle the boundary between the Spanish lands belonging to Mexico and the American territory. Spain, in Europe, was having many difficulties and knew that it needed to negotiate a treaty with the United States or lose Florida and some of its other holdings. Spanish foreign minister Onis signed a treaty with Secretary of State John Quincy Adams drawing a boarder between the Spanish owned lands and the newly acquired Louisiana Territory by the United States. This treaty allowed Spain to maintain its holding of Texas, California, and most of what is now New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and parts of Wyoming and Colorado. In return for ratification Spain gave up all claims to the Oregon territory (which included northern California). This treaty wasn't ratified by the United States until 1831.
Overseas north -septentrion- territory of Crown of Castile (New Spain and Spanish possession and rule of its remaining colonies in the Americas.
Spanish Influence in the New World. When the Spaniards came to settle the New World, or what is now Mexico and Peru, they imposed many new ways and customs for the people living there.
They settled in about 1609.
There were many reasons to settle in the New World. Settlers were looking for wealth, or a better position in society, or freedom of worship among other things.
Spain= sent single men to get as much riches from the Natives and bring it all back to Spain British= Get people to settle in the New World
The French and Spanish were generally Roman Catholic so where they settled was generally Catholic. The English and the Dutch were Protestant and for the most part so were their colonies.
Because your momma was there
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The Spanish came to America for gold to spread Christianity and escape religious persecution. Under the auspices of the Spanish crown, their explorers and conquistadors came to the New World to stake out territorial claims. This was the some of the same reasons the English, Dutch and French explorers came to the New World for.
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Creoles (Criollos in Spanish) was the name given to Spanish people who were born in the New World.